Re:.name Grandfathered
by Spivak on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @01:23PM
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It's a neat little mark but I don't think it has much of a
chance being widespread because I think ?! has already won. I think it has a better chance of
becoming an official grammatical digraph than the merged mark.
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Re:.name Grandfathered
by sillysaurusx on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @01:29PM
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Is there an overlaid ?? and !! mark? (For Chess.)
Besides interrobang, Unicode includes all 4 possible sequences of 2 "?" and "!".
203C;DOUBLE EXCLAMATION MARK;Po;0;ON;<compat> 0021 0021;;;;N;;;;;
203D;INTERROBANG;Po;0;ON;;;;;N;;;;;
2047;DOUBLE QUESTION MARK;Po;0;ON;<compat> 003F 003F;;;;N;;;;;
2048;QUESTION EXCLAMATION MARK;Po;0;ON;<compat> 003F 0021;;;;N;;;;;
2049;EXCLAMATION QUESTION MARK;Po;0;ON;<compat> 0021 003F;;;;N;;;;;
Re:.name Grandfathered
by reaperducer on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @01:53PM
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I don't think it has much of a chance being widespread
I first heard of it back when Usenet was still the hotness.
Apparently it's been around for close to a century, so if it hasn't caught on widely by now, you're probably right.
Re:.name Grandfathered
by saalweachter on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @03:04PM
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It lost when computers overtook typewriters.
On a typewriter, you could type one punctuation mark, backspace, and then type another.
Even once computers added the interrobang to Unicode (or older systems), you either need to type in a numeric code, use a secret bucky bit, or select it from a graphical UI, none of which is worth it for more than the odd weirdo with a whimsical streak.